View from the Douglas and Castletown Road
Date made: 20 September 1863
Artist: Wellbye, Henry Read
Description: “The roads are good and exempt from tolls, but destitute of milestones, except from Douglas to Castletown. A duty on public houses, greyhounds and pointers, and other dogs, with moderate statute duty, repair the roads.” (John Feltham, A tour through the Island of Mann in 1797 and 1798, M 09791)
A watercolour which is part of an album by Henry Read Wellbye, donors father, who is thought to have been on holiday on the Isle of Man in 1863 before his marriage.
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Measurements: 14cm x 23cm
Materials: watercolour on paper
Object name: watercolour
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 1956-0381/3